Oaks in the Vaux de Cernay
Eugène Bléry
1840
Medium
etching on chine collé (proof)
Dimensions
plate: 47.8 x 66 cm (18 13/16 x 26 in.) sheet: 50.4 x 69.2 cm (19 13/16 x 27 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2006.84.3
About the Artist
Eugène Bléry
Eugène Bléry (1805–1887) was a French engraver and etcher whose refined printmaking brought him considerable recognition among connoisseurs of the graphic arts during the nineteenth century. He trained in Paris and developed a particular affinity for landscape subjects rendered through the demanding medium of etching, where his technical precision and sensitivity to natural light set his work apar...